box-office bomb

box-office bomb noun: a motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.

Noun

box-office bomb (plural box-office bombs)

(informal) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.
- The story organization is acquiring a lot of downbeat, disgusting properties like ALL FALL DOWN (which turned into an awful box-office bomb) and TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (which will do the same thing .1960, Jaik Rosenstein (publisher), Hollywood Close-Up, page 4
Synonyms:

flop, turkey

Antonyms:

blockbuster

box-office bomb meaning in Vietnamese

box-office bomb in Vietnamese

motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office: bom xịt

Synonyms of box-office bomb

flop
turkey

Antonyms

blockbuster

Forms of box-office bomb

plural	box-office bombs
alternative form	box office bomb

Questions about box-office bomb

What does box-office bomb mean?: Box-office bomb means a motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.
What is box-office bomb in Vietnamese?: Box-office bomb in Vietnamese is bom xịt. See Box-office bomb meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is box-office bomb?: Box-office bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of box-office bomb?: The plural of box-office bomb is box-office bombs.

Words near box-office bomb in the dictionary

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